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Olympiad Number Theory · Superchallenge problem

Triangle ABCABC has A=(0,0)A = (0,0), B=(4,0)B = (4,0), C=(0,3)C = (0,3), and P=(4,3)P = (4,3) lies on its circumcircle. The feet of the perpendiculars from PP to lines ABAB, BCBC, CACA are collinear (the Simson line of PP). Compute the distance between the feet on ABAB and on CACA.